David Sandel

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) For the love of God, the Lord of laughter I have waited, waited for the Lord, and he stooped toward me. He put a new song into my mouth,...

Monday, January 23, 2023 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Living right on It is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment. This day is more about life than death, in honor of children yet unborn. But...

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 22, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Conversation at the bar At Bunny’s Marc is bartending again. He has been picking up other peoples’ shifts and working almost every night. I finally arrived in Urbana yesterday, sat across from him and ordered grilled cheese...

Saturday, January 21, 2023 Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) We are not as strong as we think we are A tabernacle was constructed, the outer one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of offering; this is called the Holy...

Friday, January 20, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Ozarks forever The Lord himself will give his benefits; our land shall yield its increase. Watch water run uphill! Dig for diamonds! See the famous Ozark mother pig, and root for her! I was not yet a teenager. Our family fell...

Thursday, January 19, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Peacock feathers God says, “See that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” We saw peacocks today, pecking at the ground just like our chickens pecked. But the peacocks had amazing endless tail feathers floating behind...

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The case of the withered hand Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here before us …” Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out. And his hand was healed. There...

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Abbott (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) My hope is built on nothing less What is the hope that belongs to our call? In our Empty Nesters’ Sunday School class we talked about how the media influences our thinking more than...

Monday, January 16, 2023 Martin Luther King Day (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) A spoonful of sugar No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Mary Poppins only gives Mr. Banks a week. But...

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 15, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Much more than 12 volts I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength. We needed milk and so we headed to the grocery store. But our remote keys...